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Communications and Recruitment Officer

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Bard College
Location
Abu dis, Palestine, occupied territory (PS)

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Four-Year Institution
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Al-Quds Bard College for the Arts and Sciences (AQB), the first liberal arts program in Palestine, is seeking to fill a Communications and Recruitment Officer position, serving AQB’s undergraduate college and the Master in Arts of Teaching (MAT) Program. The Communications and Recruitment Officer will work closely with the Dean, Director of Administration and Finance, and the Dean of the Academic Outreach in the organization of multi-media recruitment campaigns, school visits, expos, communication with local ministry officials, school principals, teachers and counsellors. S/he will have a primary responsibility for writing and editing English and Arabic language content for all AQB communications outlets, including the website, social media, newsletters, and other constituency communications. The Communications and Recruitment Officer will be part of AQB’s administrative team headed by the Director of Administration and Finance.

The Communications and Recruitment Officer will forge and maintain regular channels of communication with the Public Relations offices at Al-Quds University and Bard College, and will ensure that AQB communications and PR activities are consistent with the policies and protocols of both partners. The successful candidate will understand how to manage AQB’s public profile within a complex communications landscape for a range of Palestinian, US, and international stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

  • Play a leading role in organization and implementation of AQB events featuring external speakers, and participate actively in AQB recruitment activities at both the undergraduate and MAT level, including writing and editing recruitment materials.
  • Manage database of AQB internal and external contacts, and develop and implement strategies for staying in regular contact with AQB constituencies.
  • Assist with the dean's correspondence and other formal AQB correspondence.
  • Develop an in-depth knowledge of AQB’s academic programs and campus life by attending classes and student activities and maintaining regular contact with AQB division and program heads.
  • Create recruitment concepts for ads, flyers, brochures, and website and social media content.
  • Establish and maintain a broad network of contacts with school principals, Ministry of Education officials, high school teachers, students, and youth centers and clubs. Maintain contact through a range of means and in sync with key activities in the recruitment calendar.
  • Work closely with the AQU PR Officer in outreach efforts, the distribution of information, creation and publication of recruitment materials, and the planning and implementation of all visits and public events. The Communications and Recruitment Officer must maintain compliance with all Al-Quds University (AQU), AQB, and Bard College Public Relation protocols.
  • Conduct visits to schools, community events, and youth centers.
  • Design recruitment events around AQB student life activities.
  • Help to coordinate the admissions process, including the review and ranking of applications, scheduling of admissions interviews, and follow-up communications with applicants.

The ideal candidate will be highly organized, efficient, and able to juggle multiple tasks at once. Applicants must be able to travel with ease throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem, including during evening hours. Other qualifications include:

  • A degree from an accredited American liberal arts college is preferable.
  • In depth understanding of the secondary education system in Palestine.
  • At least 3 years of experience in program administration, ideally within an institution of higher education.
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills in Arabic and English and experience working with diverse constituencies.
  • Experience in public relations and marketing.
  • Experience developing content for publication and facility with a range of social media formats.
  • A reliable vehicle and a valid driver's license for the Palestinian Territories and Israel is a plus.

Interested candidates should submit a letter of application, resume, and three contact references through Interfolio.com at:  http://apply.interfolio.com/61407.

Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity.

Organization

Undergraduate Degrees

Bard offers courses of study in four divisions—Arts; Languages and Literature; Science, Mathematics, and Computing; and Social Studies—and in interdivisional programs and concentrations. Students may also earn a five-year B.S./B.A. degree in economics and finance. The Bard College Conservatory of Music offers a five-year program in which students pursue a dual degree—a B.Music and a B.A. in a field other than music. Bard and its affiliated institutions also grant the following undergraduate degrees: A.A. at Bard High School Early College; A.A. and B.A. at Bard College at Simon’s Rock: The Early College; and through the Bard Prison Initiative at six correctional institutions in New York State.

Graduate Degrees

More than 200 students are seeking graduate degrees: M.A. in curatorial studies, M.Music in vocal arts, conducting, and curatorial, critical, and performance studies, and M.S. in environmental policy, climate science and policy, and economic theory and policy at the Annandale campus; M.F.A. and M.A.T. at multiple campuses; M.B.A. in Sustainability in New York City; and M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in the decorative arts, design history, and material culture at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan. M.Music degrees are also offered at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Early Colleges

Bard's early colleges educate the next generation of thought leaders, preparing them to be lifetime learners. Bard High School Early Colleges in New York City, Newark, New Jersey, and Cleveland, Ohio; Bard College at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Massachusetts; and Bard Early College New Orleans and Bard Early College at the Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy all serve the needs of highly motivated younger students.

International Degrees

Internationally, Bard confers dual B.A. degrees at the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia (Smolny College); American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan; and Bard College Berlin: A Liberal Arts University; as well as dual B.A. and M.A.T. degrees at Al-Quds University in the West Bank.

Cultural Life

Campus life in Annandale is vibrant, with world-class performing arts venues; continuous and varied student activities; and numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and in New York City. Students choose from more than a hundred active clubs on campus, and new clubs begin every semester. The Bard College athletic teams are the Raptors. The College’s colors are red and white. The critically acclaimed Bard Music Festival is presented on campus each summer, exploring the life and work of a single composer through chamber music, choral and orchestral performances, symposia, panel discussions, and preconcert talks. Since 2003 the festival has been part of Bard SummerScape, which annually presents operas, films, and theatrical productions that complement the festival’s theme.

Outstanding Faculty

Bard's undergraduate faculty-to-student ratio is 1:10 and courses are taught by full faculty members. Among the many distinguished faculty at Bard College are five MacArthur Fellows—poets John Ashbery and Ann Lauterbach, novelist and memoirist Norman Manea, painter and multimedia artist Judy Pfaff, and journalist Mark Danner. Other notable faculty members include soprano Dawn Upshaw, journalist Ian Buruma, composers Joan Tower and George Tsontakis, poet Robert Kelly, and writers Luc Sante and Francine Prose. Over the years, four recipients of the Nobel Prize in Literature have taught at Bard—Saul Bellow, Isaac Bashevis Singer, José Saramago, and Orhan Pamuk. 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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